SD.Net World Redux Comment Thread VI

[Karmic Knight]

And aren't the Vineyards a former Shroomanian colony? :P

Yes, though the Federal Republic of Eutopia can be spun as formerly Canissian.

Trust us! We're fun! We're like Shroomania but with safety rails and coherent social structure! :mrgreen:

Safety rails AND a Coherent Social Structure, that sounds difficult.

That being said, what would you require to set up this base, and where would you like to station it? (Siege's Map is just a few posts up page behind.)

edit: stupid next page.

[Shroom Man 777]

Shroomania would want to set up a naval base too, if that's the case!

EDIT:

Shinra and Canissia are both MESS. They can share the same goddamn base.

[Lonestar]

In other news...

Gentlemen, BEHOLD! Every ship that has served in the Langley Navy since independence in 1948. For extra fun:

1. Pick out the class names that aren't derived from anime, manga, or video games.
2. Name all the anime, manga, and video games I've taken the other class names from.

Some of those should be easier than others. I'm either really crazy, really unoriginal, or both; you decide.

As for my world tour, I'll continue it tomorrow. Next stop, PeZookia again, since I took that detour to the UCSR and apparently got stuck there until New Year's...

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HISTORICAL AND CURRENT SHIP CLASSES OF THE LANGLEY NAVY
(all listings accurate as of 31 December 2014)

AIRCRAFT CARRIERS

Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu class (Essex class)
Decommissioned

• HMS Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu (CV-1)
• Year commissioned: 1968
• Year decommissioned: 1988
• Final fate: Museum ship, 1990

Asuka Langley Soryu class (John F. Kennedy class)
To Be Commissioned

• HMS Asuka Langley Soryu (CV-2)
• Year commissioned: TBD

It doesn't make a goddamn lick of sense for a Essex-class to be commissioned in 1968. Or for you to commission a JFK at some point in the future...going on 50 years after it was first introduced.

[Beowulf]

It also doesn't make sense to have 25 years between when you decommissioned your last one and commissioning your next one. Pretty much all of your experience base in carrier ops is long gone.


In other news: Lawsuit!

[Shroom Man 777]

San Dorado should say that in their country, the Huang Di counts as public domain intellectual property.

I guess the Floating Pagoda can't float to places that don't have those laws. But Shroomania also thinks that the Huang Di is, like, public domain.

EDIT:

"The likeness of the Huang Di is a registered trademark in almost every country of the world.

Registered trademark in almost every country in the world?

HA!

NOT THIS ONE!

[Beowulf]

San Dorado should say that in their country, the Huang Di counts as public domain intellectual property.

I guess the Floating Pagoda can't float to places that don't have those laws. But Shroomania also thinks that the Huang Di is, like, public domain.

EDIT:

"The likeness of the Huang Di is a registered trademark in almost every country of the world.

Registered trademark in almost every country in the world?

HA!

NOT THIS ONE!

It's San Dorado. Anything can be bought, and that includes trademarks. You might be able to get away with it in say, Japanistan, or Astaria, or the entire continent of Veleria...

[Shroom Man 777]

Damn, that's an excellent counterpoint. But you're, like, Tian Xian and we know all Tian Xians know kung fu - even the court physician!

[Siege]

Good luck getting your claim enforced in a San Dorado court though. The Gildorff Group will probably just hire a small army of $1,000-an-hour lawyers and delay the lawsuit until it dies of old age .

[Grand Moff Yenchin]

Now we know who's really behind Serenity politics...

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

Hey Siege, if you don't mind, I would like the Emperor come personally to join in the discussions.

[Siege]

Drop on by! You can post-date it so we can have Heraclius join us at the Floating Pagoda, and we'll converse over an excellent Tian Xian dinner in a nice and relaxed (if ever so slightly kitsch) atmosphere. I won't let Beowulf ruin my excellent restaurant .

[Shroom Man 777]

We can discuss CATO and FTO relations! And laugh at the ridiculous wax statues of the Huang Di and his Vizier!

[Beowulf]

Good luck getting your claim enforced in a San Dorado court though. The Gildorff Group will probably just hire a small army of $1,000-an-hour lawyers and delay the lawsuit until it dies of old age .

Dude, I have an entire army of lawyers myself. I'm a government. There are of course, other methods to bypass lawsuit delays (diplomatic pressure, hiring Klavostanis, et al).

Second note: I most just object to the use of my image for this. Change it to say... one of the Emperors from the 2nd dynasty, and you'd probably be just fine.

[Shroom Man 777]

Why? It's awesome! Chow Yun Fat is awesome! Curse of the Golden Flower is awesome! Don't tell me that the "real-life" Huang Di Beowulf does NOT go around in golden armor beating impudent whelps up with his Heavyweight Championship Belt of Ancient China!

[Beowulf]

Why? It's awesome! Chow Yun Fat is awesome! Curse of the Golden Flower is awesome! Don't tell me that the "real-life" Huang Di Beowulf does NOT go around in golden armor beating impudent whelps up with his Heavyweight Championship Belt of Ancient China!

No, the real Huang Di Beowulf lounges around with dozens of nubile, scantily-clad, young women who cater to his every need.

[Shinn Langley Soryu]

It doesn't make a goddamn lick of sense for a Essex-class to be commissioned in 1968. Or for you to commission a JFK at some point in the future...going on 50 years after it was first introduced.

By that token, it shouldn't have made much sense for the Argentines to commission a Colossus class, a close contemporary of the Essex, in 1969 OTL. Also, I only relatively recently bought that JFK from Shinra.

It also doesn't make sense to have 25 years between when you decommissioned your last one and commissioning your next one. Pretty much all of your experience base in carrier ops is long gone.

The only difference between Langley and Argentina is that the Argentines still have some experience through conducting carrier ops off Brazilian ships. Langley never had such a luxury after the Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu was decommissioned without replacement; a very severe recession in the late '80s and early '90s and general political instability (three coups in a five-year period from 1988 to 1993) destroyed any chances of getting Shroomania or any of the MESS states to do a similar training arrangement like what the Argentines and Brazilians currently have.

So, yeah. All the guys who served aboard the Kyoko are long retired, if not already dead by now. Rebuilding my carrier experience base will indeed be a bitch, that's for sure.

[Siege]

Dude, I have an entire army of lawyers myself. I'm a government. There are of course, other methods to bypass lawsuit delays (diplomatic pressure, hiring Klavostanis, et al).

Klavostani mercs? Pshaw. Man, you just missed an excellent opportunity to bring up Imperial ninja assassins. That would've been a killer argument. Oh well.

Second note: I most just object to the use of my image for this. Change it to say... one of the Emperors from the 2nd dynasty, and you'd probably be just fine.

*Sigh*. Eh, sure. It was fun while it lasted. We'll tweak his nose or something.

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

So, yeah. All the guys who served aboard the Kyoko are long retired, if not already dead by now. Rebuilding my carrier experience base will indeed be a bitch, that's for sure.

I might be open to a navy exchange program if you are interested...

[Grand Moff Yenchin]

No, the real Huang Di Beowulf lounges around with dozens of nubile, scantily-clad, young women who cater to his every need.

[K. A. Pital]

I want that rejected Huang Di statue. Send it to SHELTER 0 in the UCSR. I will boast oh I will

[Fingolfin_Noldor]

My word.. how old was Chow Yun Fat in that pic?

[Siege]

I want that rejected Huang Di statue. Send it to SHELTER 0 in the UCSR. I will boast oh I will

I'll have it delivered to your dacha in return for a few crates of prime quality vodka .

[Lonestar]

By that token, it shouldn't have made much sense for the Argentines to commission a Colossus class, a close contemporary of the Essex, in 1969 OTL. Also, I only relatively recently bought that JFK from Shinra.

Ah, that Essex was a secondhand one? I thought you had built it new. Then I apologize for the confusion.

[Grand Moff Yenchin]

My word.. how old was Chow Yun Fat in that pic?

Late 30's I guess...the cover of the magazine has Alex To's name on it, so it would be at least after 1987.

[PeZook]

Langley could simply go to their BFF Shroom and ask for some experts on carrier ops to train their folks. They'd come back oiled up and very homosexual, but they'd know how to fly and service carrier-based planes